Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus 1758)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Physa Draparnaud 1801 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
fontinalis Linnaeus 1758 [species]	Bulla
= dalmatina Kuster 1844	Missing

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Subclass	Orthogastropoda
Superorder	Heterobranchia
Order	Pulmonata
Suborder	Basommatophora
Superfamily	Planorboidea
Family	Physidae
Subfamily	Physinae
Genus	Physa
Species	*fontinalis*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Bank, Ruud A.	group coordinator
Bank, Ruud A.	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus 1758)

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Species synonyms:

= dalmatina Kuster 1844

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